Tanner Saraspe

Tanner is a true born and raised San Diego girl. After earning a degree in neuroscience from the University of San Diego, she decided to carry on the family tradition and breathe new life into the local fishing industry. At the age of 21, Tanner started Saraspe Seafoods, a small-scale seafood distribution company that works exclusively with local and sustainable partners, including her family’s fleet of vessels in San Diego. Her growing awareness of the need for methods to improve quality and efficiency in the marketplace sparked the fire that brought Local Fish (@getlocalfish) to life. Tanner provides oversight, creativity, mastery, and supervision over all aspects of Local Fish with the goal of supporting local and regional economies through preserving the livelihoods of local fishermen and supporting our working waterfront. Tanner has worked as a manager of a fish processing plant, steering committee member of San Diego Food System Alliance, and director of San Diego Fisherman's Working Group. Her first trip offshore was at two days old on her dad’s lobster boat – she knows her way around a fishing boat.